Neckbow-fastener



Patented May 8, 1883,

INVENTOR: V w 95. $12M WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES ATENT \VANTON D. SLOUUM, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

NEC KBOW-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,362, dated May 8, 1883. u

Application filed January 31, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAN'roN D. swarm, of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckbow-Fasteners, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Neck ties and bows as used by men and youths have been variously constructed to provide for securing them in place on the person but the ordinary elastic loop appendage used to attach the bows to the collar-button or stud is both the simplest and neatest fastening for the purpose. There is, however, much difficulty frequently experienced in hanging or putting on the bow with the fingers by its attached elastic loop over said stud or collarbutton. To obviate this difficulty is the object of my invention, which consists in a simple instrument of special construction, substantiall y as hereinafter described for the purpose, and whereby the elasticloop is readily picked up, placed in position over the collar-button or stud, and the bow adjusted with facility to its place.

Reference is to be had to, the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in

which the figure represents a longitudinal view of a neckhow-fastener constructed in accordance with myinvention,and applied, as shown by dotted lines, to a neckbow for placing the same over a collar-button or stud.

The instrument representedin the drawing consists, generally, of a handle, A, and a stock or stem-piece, B, both of which may be made of any suitable material or materials; butitis preferred, for convenience and simplicity, to construct the stem-piece B of wire, which may be doubled and twisted one length around the other for the greater portion of its length, to give it strength as a projection from or exten- (No model.)

sion of the handle- When the stem B, however, is thus made of wire, its outer end por-.

tion should be made of a single thickness, as shown, or such outer end portion may be otherwise constructed, and, if desired, bea separate appendage. Such end portion of the instrument B forms its loop holder and placer. Said loop holder and placer B is formed of a rear portion or head, 0, spread out laterallyin part d'and resting on the shoulders c c of the head 1). The forward portion of said neck part dis then placed over and at the back of the head of the collar-button or stud, and the hand holding the instrument raised to tilt the instrument, so that upon slightly pulling down. on the bow the loop 0 will slip from off the neck part d to its place on and around the shank of the collar-button or stud.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A neckbow-fastener consisting ofthe loopholder B, having laterally-spread sides b b, neck portion d,and shoulders c o, the said neck portions being adapted to enter the loop to spread the same and secure it to a collar-button, substantially as described.

WANTON D. SLOUUM. Witnesses:

ALBERT G. STANTON, LLOYD N. PEIRoE. 

